Conveners
Colours of Light: Non-Data Network Services: 3D
- Ivana Golub (PSNC)
Description
Once upon a time, our optical networks existed primarily to send and receive IP data packets. While it is still the case in many networks and while more and more data packets are travelling all around the world, the landscape is changing, in some networks faster than in others.
In this session, we will hear about emerging ways how our optical network infrastructure can be used for quantum technologies, transfer of time and frequency services, and with the use of fibre sensing - what is happening under the sea.
Starting in 2025, GÉANT aims to establish a set of cross-border fibre links to crate a European infrastructure for the distribution of time and frequency. The implementation is planned to be completed within the GN5-2 funding cycle. These new fibre links will complement existing national time-frequency links, ultimately forming the basis of a comprehensive Europe-wide infrastructure. This...
Quantum communications have come a long way, from a scientific concept to small-scale experiments and more recently metropolitan-scale demonstrations. Quantum communications is envisioned to enable breakthroughs in quantum computing, quantum sensing, metrology, and other areas. However, scalability has now emerged as a major challenge, especially along the dimensions of number and...
There are a new set of sensing technologies built upon existing NREN infrastructures which are starting to appear as significant to society. These can be used to provide insights into the world around us. Adding these technologies evolves the traditional role of an NREN as a research enabling infrastructure, changing it into a research instrument as well. This talk helps to explore some of...
